2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Investigations of origin of Mercury's exospheric atmosphere based on the optical observations with high spatial resolution at optimum observation sites
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20403010
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 海外学術 |
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| Research Field |
Space and upper atmospheric physics
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| Research Institution | Tohoku University |
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Principal Investigator |
MISAWA Hiroaki 東北大学, 大学院・理学研究科, 准教授 (90219618)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
OKANO Shoichi 東北大学, 大学院・理学研究科, 教授 (10004483)
TSUCHIYA Fuminori 東北大学, 大学院・理学研究科, 助教 (10302077)
NOZAWA Hiromasa 鹿児島工業高等専門学校, 一般教育科理系, 准教授 (60398914)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2010
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| Keywords | 水星 / 外圏大気 / 光学観測 / 大気生成機構 / モデリング |
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| Research Abstract |
In order to investigate origin of unknown Mercury's exospheric atmosphere, ground-based optical observations have been made for Mercury's sodium atmosphere with high spatial resolution at optimum observations sites, the island of Maui, Hawaii and Alice Springs, Australia. Generation processes of Mercury's exospheric atmosphere have been examined by comparing the observation results with modeled atmospheres which have been calculated using the numerical simulation code originally developed by Tohoku University.
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Research Products
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